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Crypt Orchid is King

Submitted by Edgar on Thu, 12/12/2013 - 9:15pm

By Baxter Black.

“In the land of the geldings, the crypt orchid is king.” That seems to be the best way to describe American politics since Reagan or Truman. But we get what we deserve. Politics by nature is divisive, susceptible to corruption and injurious to the participant. Government bureaucracy is the pre-eminent example of Peter’s Principle, which says as long as one achieves at a position he is in, he will be promoted. When he finally reaches a position he is not good in, he remains at that level. Mediocrity is the expectation.